Awning-blind hinge



A. HOWES. AWNING BLIND HINGE.

(No Model.)

No. 522395. Patented July s; 1894.

WIT 55555 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- ALFRED HOWES, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

AWNING-BLIND HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,295, dated July 3, 1894.

Application filedDeoembar 28, 1893- Serial No. 494,964. (No model.) 7

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, ALFRED HOWES, of Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New-York, have invented an Improvement in Means for Hanging Storm-Sashes or Similar Structures, which I denominate Storm-Sash Hinges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My improvement relates to a device for hanging storm-sashes and outside blinds from within, so as to dispense with the use of any ladder or scaifolding outside; it being the object of my improvement to construct a hinge whereby when applied one person may hang a sash at any height without assistance.

My improvement consists-as will hereinafter be more fully detailedin combining with an ordinary hinge a tongue-shaped shank secured by a half staple inserted in the stile of the storm sash and adjusta'bly secured by a thumb-nut and washer.

The drawings accompanying the specification and forming a partthereof show the application of my invention.

In the drawings similar letters indicate corresponding parts in all views.

Figure 1 is a view of the hinge and staple adjusted when the storm-sash is in position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the hinge and staple being taken on the line at w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the staple 01' being taken on the line 00 a of Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a view of the spring e which controls the tongue-shaped shank c of thehinge.

The hinge, consisting of the head a and shank c, is made preferably of malleable iron. The head a is securely screwed to the exterior casin h b screws 5 s Fi 1; The

a y a tongue-shaped shank c is connected with the head, a, by means of a pin g inserted in the ears I) 12 Figs. 1 and 2. Through the side stile of the storm sash I, within two inches of the top end, is inserted a staple d with legs of unequal length, both of which are inserted from the outside. The shorter one is inserted in the stile of the storm sash'I in the opening 2', as shown at Fig. 3, and has freedom of play; the longer leg of the staple extends completely through the stile of the stormsash I to the inside, where it is threaded and has attached a thumb-nut k and washer j by means of which the staple is loosened or fastened. Through this staple d the tongueshaped shank c is inserted and held by the knob 0 at the shanks end. The spring e Fig. 1, between the ears b b of the head a of the hinge, controls the tongue-shaped shank c, which is an eccentric, and holds it up, as

shown in Fig.-2 by the dotted outline, against the exterior casing h out of the way of the window blinds or awning when the storm sash is not in use. Otherwise the shank-o would hang downward when the storm sash is removed and would be an obstacle to the closing of the usual window blinds or shut tors. When there are no blinds or shutters used there is no need of the spring e except that general appearances would be improved by having the shank kept up close against the building instead of dependingfree from the window casing.

My improvement is applied as follows: The head a of the hinge is screwed to the casing h as above described. The staple d is insorted into the stile of the sash I. The lower sash of the window is raised and the storm sash lifted out and placed in position. The staple d being slackened, the shank a readily enters'it, and catches at the knob o. The sash when in position is hooked at the bot-. tom, then the upper sash of the window S Fig. 2 is lowered, and the shank c of the hinge is fastened and secured to the outside of the storm sash I by fastening the staple d by ing a knob 0 at its extremity, of the halfstaple cZ, adapted to embrace and hold'the said shank c and to be adjustably securedin the stile of a blind or sash, and means, consisting of a thumb-nut k and washer j, for securing and adjusting the same, substantially as shown and described.

ALFRED HOWES,

Witnesses (ANTHONY P. FINDER, JAMES FARRELL. 

